If anyone still cares...

[valis2]

...someone independently e-mailed the guy, and he responded. So he's alive. Exactly as suspected.

Thanks to everyone who helped out. *hugs*

Comments

[rickfan37.livejournal.com]

Hah! Why am I not surprised?

[valis2.livejournal.com]

...because you're experienced in the ways of Teh Interwebs, I suspect. ;)

*hugs*

[ldybastet.livejournal.com]

Doesn't surprise me either. It was just all too ... convenient. ex wives usually don't reply to personal emails and IMs... *shakes head* Clearly a case of trying to hide. :-( sucks when ppl get in too deep and then try to lie their way out of it istead of being honest

[valis2.livejournal.com]

My sister was astonished that anyone would go through this, but some people just don't want to fess up that they find the person boring or that they're still married and were just having some fun. Scary!

[ldybastet.livejournal.com]

Very scary! That lies and deceptions and thinking up this unlikely turn of events is easier to do than to say: Hey, I think meeting wouldn't be such a great idea...

*sigh* Teh Interwebs is a shitty place sometimes, and too many people think that they're anonymous and can't be traced and found.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

It really stuns me that we can find these things out, and so quickly. Information is the new power, honestly.

[deviantauthor.livejournal.com]

What an ass head!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Truly. *shakes fist at guy*

[deviantauthor.livejournal.com]

He should be smited.

[kitschicat.livejournal.com]

What a turdman.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I really think he's married still (which is what the webpage seems to suggest), and that he has two sons, just like the webpage shows. He didn't mention the BABY because then she would have known that he didn't really get a divorce in 2001, because the baby is under a year old.

I think it got to the point where he'd had some fun, and realized he was going to far, and that he couldn't back out of it easily without something happening.

Perfect icon, too. *nods*

[kitschicat.livejournal.com]

The truth will always reveal itself eventually. Why people thing that they will be able to sustain lies in the long run is beyond me. Life is so much simpler when you just tell the truth. For one thing, there's less to remember. ;)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Exactly! *applauds*

I have known a couple major liars in my life, and wow, did they have a lot to keep track of. *shakes head*

[scatteredlogic.livejournal.com]

Gah, what a jerk he is!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it! If he had just been honest her feelings would have been hurt...but this way, it's that much more scary and awful.

[scatteredlogic.livejournal.com]

Yes, he caused much more hurt this way and for no other reason than he was a coward. ~fumes~

[ziasudra-fic.livejournal.com]

Aha!

What a jerk. I can't even imagine what your sister's friend is feeling at the moment. :\

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I know! I can't imagine...you'd feel betrayed, stupid (even though there was no way to know at that moment), miserable...I feel so sorry for her.

[cactus-wren.livejournal.com]

Oh man, if I were you're sister's friend I would SO be emailing him to tell him what a tardbox I think he is and that I know he's still alive and kicking and full of shit.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that sounds good in theory, but I don't want to call any heat towards the girl who did the reveal. I don't want to expose her to any craziness just because she helped me out.

And she's the only proof we have that he's alive at the moment. Maybe if she waits a week, sees that there are no obits, etc., and lets him have it without implicating the independent friend...

[cactus-wren.livejournal.com]

I suppose you've got a point. But I hope she does get a chance to get the last word in (vindictive, me?) because he really deserves to know he didn't get away with it.

[gina-r-snape.livejournal.com]

*dies*

WHAT an ass.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Totally crazy, isn't it? Such is the world we live in.

[gillieweed.livejournal.com]

And sister's friend's cousin's mother's (or whoever the girl was)'s reaction was...?

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Unhappy, to say the least, and pissed off.

[rook543.livejournal.com]

The putz is alive? Why....I'LL KILL 'EM...

[valis2.livejournal.com]

hee! It's a long trip...

Love the icon.

[privatemaladict.livejournal.com]

I've been following this story, and sad as it is, this ending does not surprise me in the least. (Well, it would also be sad if he actually had died, but this is kind of a sad outcome for the victim.)

Geez, what a prick. Wonder who the "ex wife" was? And here's why one should always excercise caution with internet dating...

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Heh...I think the ex-wife was...him! hee! Or perhaps he has another girl on the side, and she helped him out.

I think the worst part was "Don't contact me again, I can't bear it"...so emo! *laughs*

[jaelle-n-gilla.livejournal.com]

*grrrr* almost deserves the death he claimed he died.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

He's just a guy who was bored with his marriage and wanted to have a little fun. When it started to look serious, he freaked out and bailed in a stupid, hurtful way.

Thank you again for your incredible help. You rock!

[katazhena.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, that doesn't surprise me. What a coward!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Stupid, huh? He wanted to have his cake and eat it too. Some guys are like that. *fumes*

[zakkati.livejournal.com]

What a spineless creep! Let's hope the mountains don't really get him after taking their name in vain. Bad mojo happens to people like him.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Yes, mountains don't tend to forgive easily, do they? ;)

[florence-craye.livejournal.com]

Yay!

But not "yay", actually... just good that the truth has been found out and she can at least deal with the pain now and move on. What an ass, though. He deserves some serious genital mutilation for that. How is faking your death less hurtful than saying up front that you're still married and all? It's much more painful and quite creepy, too.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he has issues, that's for certain. *shakes head* Pretty pathetic, and hurtful. Perhaps one day the tables will be turned on him, and he'll understand how it feels.